First raven photo of the winter. Ravens here in Iceland tend to migrate to urban areas for the winter season, after nesting in the countryside over the summer, so you tend to see more of them in winter #raven #bird #iceland
Birds. The photos are a little bit clumsy this week but one of my neighbours is doing a solid job of feeding the redpolls (the small birds) and redwings (the slightly larger ones) #birds #bird #iceland
Shipping books from Iceland to the US is still problematic even though books are supposedly exempt. I heard about packages frequently getting returned by US customs for spurious reasons, seemingly arbitrary fines on both sender and receiver, and a delay of up to 45 working days even if all goes well
That few if any Icelandic bookstores ship to the US these days is entirely unsurprising.
So, the queer escapist series I’ve been waiting for, Burnout Syndrome, is shaping up to be a bit more topical than I expected. A major plot point in ep 2 is a tech co laying everybody off citing “AI” efficiency gains
Guessing the theme is going to be something like alienation and displacement due to capitalism
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